The recently formed Bridge group of artists in Tavira was inspired by the Cavalo Verde group of painters that have worked here for many years.The original Cavalo Verde painters form a major part of the Bridge, and the aims of the group remain the same:-To provide a meeting place for arts practitioners to debate, propagate, and support arts activities in Tavira and the Eastern Algarve.
To encourage and support the growth of cultural activities in and around Tavira.
To provide a social network for the exchange of creative thinking and ideas.
To promote Tavira as an environment for the exchange of creative thinking and ideas.
To establish Tavira as a potential working environment for Portuguese, European and International artists, writers, film makers, performers, musicians.

Website: art in tavira

Alexander Sadoyan was born in 1954 Yerevan, Armenia. In 1975 he graduated from Terlemezian Art College of Fine Arts. Sadoyan participated in more than 50 exhibitions and his works were sold in numerous auctions. Today, his works can be found in private collections throughout USA, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, China, Norway and Lebanon. Since 1990 he is a member of the Artist�s Union of the Republic of Armenia. In 1995 he was accepted as a member of the International Association of Arts at UNESCO. Since 1996 Alexander resides in Los Angeles, California. He continues to create vigorously and actively displays his paintings at personal and group exhibitions.

Website: Alexander Sadoyan art gallery
Contact email: alexsadoyan@sbcglobal.com

Birth place Caracas, Venezuela.
Visula arts.
Studies, Federal school of Rio de Janeiro, Visual arts workshop in Santiago de Chile,Bachelor’s degree in education. Simon Rodriguez university, Caracas. Engraving research, National school of arts “San Carlos” at he UNAM(National autonomous university of Mexico.
To reflect upon the work of the Venezuelan artist Jorge Briceno, is something more than making references to the work of a creator. His solid formation as an artist, obtained at importan artistic centers of Latin America art, which roots aim to a magical and mysterious surronding without losing the character of generator of and diverse proposal, in the most innovative and contemporany language. It is precisely in these references to new spaces and methods for reseach and creative refletion. His great knowledge of drawinf techniques, graphic art and paiters, offen a series of works where the ancestral past mixes and overlaps, obtaining through the expertise of the techniques, solid proposal that merge as simbols, new codes and icons taken from origins of man.
Antonio Rodriguez. Caracas 1996.

Website: artejbc
Contact email: artejbc@yahoo.com